Yemeni ambassador to Iran: the battle to liberate Marib province is in the third phase
SANAA, Sept. 09 (YPA) – Yemen’s ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ibrahim al-Dailmi, said the battle of liberation of Marib is now in its third phase, and that it will continue unless the enemy parties respond to peaceful solutions and the initiative of the leader of the revolution.
He stressing that the United States is responsible for the failure of the political solution, and it is the decision maker in it, not Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
In the third phase of our plan to liberate Marib governorate, we will continue this process unless the other side succumbs to calls for peace and attempts to stop the war, Ambassador Ibrahim al-Dailami said in an interview with Iran’s English-language Tehran Times newspaper, published three days ago.
“ Actually, the initiative put forward by our leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi regarding the governorate of Marib is a fair proposal for Marib and all the Yemeni people, because it includes partnership in power and wealth of the province,” he explained .
“There are also just humane demands for the Yemeni people, such as the necessity of providing electricity from Marib, securing the roads and removing the camps and expelling members of al-Qaeda and ISIS who are present in this Yemeni province. We call for the exit of foreign forces in their entirety from this province and others,” he added.
Regarding the Yemeni political file, he stressed that the US is the one who obstructs the solution, because it has the decision to stop the war and is the “first and most prominent decision maker”, who sets out the “agenda of the ceasefire and the political process”. It is not Saudi Arabia nor the UAE.
He continued: “There is also an Israeli presence, especially in Yemeni territorial waters and some strategic islands, whether on Hanish Island, Mayun Island or even on Socotra Island in the Arabian Sea.
This presence is no longer hidden, and aggressors feel no shame for the presence of their military forces on Yemeni lands. So, the first condition of the Yemeni government is the exit of foreign forces as a priority, whether these forces are American, British, Saudi, Emirati or Israeli.
Regarding the UN dealing with Yemeni file, he said the faults of the delegates, representatives, or envoys in this international organization are due to the weakness of the institution itself.
“I think that the new international envoy will not be different from Griffiths, because he is obliged to work based on the same bases that we talked about, which reflects the weakness of the United Nations,” he stated.
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